Non-skid link.



M. ALAKSIN.

NON-SKID LINK.

.APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1914! il l? f Pand sept.15,.1914,

l Utta/wings y Y LZ'MCZ/ 61514/ 10 improvements in nonekid EL ALAKSXN, 01E' BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

nortev eine 921gt Speeiileetlon o Letters Patent. Pmnte Sept, 15, 1914, Application tiled my e, 15214. Serial No. 836,174.

` To all whom it may concern: the tire 10 is illustrated as mounted uponV Be it known that l, Miriam Menem, a the rim 11 oi the wheel elly 12 andhaving subject of the Emperor of AustriaHungary, the present forni of link l13 mounted thereon. l residing at Beaver Falls, in the county O The present non-skid link is formed from 55 5 Beaver and State oliennsylvaiiia, have ine single strip of resilient metal 14 having vented certain new .and useful improve terminal perorations 15 adapted for the ments in Non-Skid Links, ott which the 'olreception of thel locking bolt 16.4 The strip lowing is a specialisation. f 14 is longitudinally out or slitted along the This invention relates to new 'and useful central line 17 which forms separable oppo- 60 site side strips 18 which are adapted to be rlhe primary obiect of this invention is'to lient outvv ardly as illustrated in dotted lines provide a non-s 'd element formed from a in Fig. The strip le is "also adapted to sin le resilient strip and thus furnishing a. to be bent with its opposite ends approaeh l' r which is easy and inexpensive to inaniiing each other atteithe manner of an arch 65 1.5 facture but which at the saine time has great iter the purpose of spanning a tire with its efficiency as a non-skid element. opposite ends receiving the lookin boit 16 A further object is to provide a tread `'inwardly of the Wheel'felly 12. he side member from a longitudinally-slotted resili strips 1S are provided on their outer faces ent strip and which is easily attached to and with a plurality oi pointed calks 19 which 70 2o detaelied from. the tread portion oi an auare' positioned ier engaging the'road-bed y tomooile tireand adapted to position ealk when the link is operatively placed upon members pioiectiiig therefrom. the Wheel.

A still further Objectis to provide a resili- The ooinplete operation of the device vvill ent strip adaptable tor encircling an au be apparent from the present description 75 2e tomobile tire and Adivided at the tread-eiiin that the link formed as illustrated in gaging portion 'ier positioning traction Fig. fl of resilient metal is adapted to be calks while the link is removably looked to slightly spread and sprung upon the tire s with the portion 18 thereof separated, While `l`fi7 ith these general objects in view and 4the locking bolt 16 is secured in the end 80 30 others that will appear' the nature of the perforations 1 5 `by means of the lock nut 20 linvention is 'better understood, the saine and when so positioned, the link is firmly consists in the novel combination and ai'- although removably, looked to the tire and rangement of partsliereiiiaiter fully'de ,with the calks 19 positioned for use upon scribeda illustrated in the accompanying the tread portionthereo. .s5 35 drawings, and pointed out 4in the appended While the forms of tlieiiivention herein elaiins. v shown and described are what are believed in the drawings forming a part of this to be preferable embodiments thereof, it is application and wherein like designating nevertheless to be understood that various' numerals oie. reference denote corresponding forms and modifications may beresorted to 9(1-v lo parts throughout the several views z-Figwhich fall Within the spirit and soope of iii-e 1 is a side elevation o' a ortion of a the invention as claimed. wheel with three of the present orrn of links 'What l claim. nas, new is secured thereto. Fig. Z is a transverse sectional view` taken through the tire portion e5 oi" the wheel adjacent to one of the links. having integral -oppositely diverging tread Fig. 3 is a view oi the unhent strip from strips connected with each other intermediwhich .the link is formed, illustrating iii ate the 'ende ot said strip, outwardly-pro- Mfzdotted lines the mannerv of separating the ieeting sharpened calks upon said tren( tread portions, and, Fig. 4 is a perspeetive strips, and said strip provided with bolt- 100 5o view of one oi the links removed, receiving perioratione adjacent its opprr Reierrmg there in detail to the drawings, l site tree eiids.

1. A non-skid link comprising a substantially arch-shaped resilient single piece strip 9s 2. -A non-skid lik substantially arch- In .testimony whereof I aix my signature shaped in lcross-section and comprising. end in presence of two Witnesses.

strip members, .dverging tread strips ntegraliy secured to sald :snmp members and rdapted for engaging the tread portion of a tire, and locking means engaging said stx-1p members.

MIHAEL ALAKSIN.

Vv'tnesses:

E. H. WARD, HOMER HALL. 

